Birds to See in West Sussex in July
144 bird species on our list for West Sussex are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, European Goldfinch and European Herring Gull. New this month: Common Gull, Brent Goose, Common Sandpiper and Yellow Wagtail and 5 more.
On the move in July
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At their peak
From West Sussex’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 144 birds in July
144 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.87% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.81% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.69% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.32% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.18% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.00% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.69% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.67% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.63% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.51% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.22% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Jul (protected)
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.11% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorRare80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made